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Auction: 24126 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 38: British and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 2613

British Overseas Territories, Straits Settlements and Hong Kong (1895-1935), British Trade Dollar, 1897 B, 'Low 7', Bombay Mint, by George William de Saulles, Britannia standing left, holding trident, cape billowing behind, date in exergue, rev. Chinese characters and Jawi script in ornamental flower, edge milled, 12h (Mars BTD1; Prid. 5; KM T5), struck with a rusted obverse die, with a purple-orange tone overlying lustrous original surfaces, a really pleasingly good very fine; British Trade Dollar, 1897 B, 'Low 7', Bombay Mint, by George William de Saulles, Britannia standing left, holding trident, cape billowing behind, date in exergue, rev. Chinese characters and Jawi script in ornamental flower, edge milled, 12h (Mars BTD1; Prid. 5; KM T5), light hairlines in otherwise lustrous fields, a pleasing extremely fine; British Trade Dollar, 1897 B, 'Low 7', Bombay Mint, by George William de Saulles, Britannia standing left, holding trident, cape billowing behind, date in exergue, rev. Chinese characters and Jawi script in ornamental flower, edge milled, 12h (Mars BTD1; Prid. 5; KM T5), lightly cleaned otherwise lustrous, extremely fine; British Trade Dollar, 1897 B, 'Low 7', Bombay Mint, by George William de Saulles, Britannia standing left, holding trident, cape billowing behind, date in exergue, rev. Chinese characters and Jawi script in ornamental flower, edge milled, 12h (Mars BTD1; Prid. 5; KM T5), cleaned with peripheral toning, otherwise lustrous, almost extremely fine (4)

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Sold for
£380

Starting price
£140